{"product_id":"carol-by-patricia-highsmith-9781526693921","title":"Carol","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA BEAUTIFUL NEW QUARTERBOUND EDITION OF THE BELOVED, CLASSIC LOVE STORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTherese is just an ordinary sales assistant working in a New York department store when a beautiful, alluring woman in her thirties walks up to her counter. Standing there, shy, inexperienced Therese is wholly unprepared for the first shock of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTherese is an awkward, dissatisfied nineteen-year-old with a job she hates and a boyfriend she doesn't love; Carol is a sophisticated, bored suburban housewife in the throes of a divorce and a custody battle for her only daughter. As Therese becomes irresistibly drawn into Carol's world, she soon realizes how much they both stand to lose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published pseudonymously in 1952 as \u003ci\u003eThe Price of Salt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCarol\u003c\/i\u003e is a hauntingly atmospheric story of forbidden yearning, heartbreak, and the potency of desire, set against the backdrop of fifties' New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47288397037804,"sku":"9781526693921","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/ee5aba1caec43b5d5326e35ee045b1da.jpg?v=1770632863","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/carol-by-patricia-highsmith-9781526693921","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}